Editing Mira Furlan

{{Short description|Croatian-American actress and singer (1955–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Mira Furlan
| native_name  = 
| image        = Mira Furlan (48066192941).jpg
| image_size   = 
| caption      = Furlan in 2019
| birth_name   = 
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1955|9|7|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Zagreb]], [[Socialist Republic of Croatia|PR Croatia]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
| death_date   = {{death date and age|2021|1|20|1955|9|7|df=y}}
| death_place  = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| death_cause  = 
| years_active = 1976–2020 
| citizenship  = {{USA}}<br>{{HRV}}
| parents      = {{plainlist|
*Ivan Furlan
*Branka Weil}}
| education    = 
| alma_mater   = 
| occupation   = {{hlist|Actress|singer}} 
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Goran Gajić]]|1998}}
| children     = 1
| website      = {{URL|http://www.mirafurlan.net|www.mirafurlan.net}}
| signature    = 
}}
'''Mira Furlan''' (7 September 1955 – 20 January 2021) was a Croatian-American actress and singer. Internationally, she was best known for her roles as the [[Minbari]] Ambassador [[Delenn]] in the science fiction television series ''[[Babylon 5]]'' (1993–1998), and as [[Danielle Rousseau]] in ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'' (2004–2010), and also appeared in multiple award-winning films such as ''[[When Father Was Away on Business]]'' (1985) and ''[[The Abandoned (2010 film)|The Abandoned]]'' (2010).

==Early life==
Furlan was born on 7 September 1955 to an intellectual and academic family that included a large number of university professors in [[Zagreb]], [[Socialist Republic of Croatia|PR Croatia]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Diaz|first=Johnny|date=22 January 2021|title=Mira Furlan, Actress on 'Lost' and 'Babylon 5,' Dies at 65|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/arts/television/mira-furlan-dead.html|access-date=23 January 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> which at the time was one of the six constituent republics of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]. She was born to Branka Weil, a mother who was of [[Jews|Jewish]]-[[Serbs|Serbian]] descent, and Ivan Furlan, a father of [[Slovenes|Slovene]]- [[Croats|Croat]] descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stason.org/TULARC/celebrities/mira-furlan/2-2-Biographical-Information-Mira-Furlan.html|title = 2.2 Biographical Information (Mira Furlan)}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b1-fPeon4S4C&q=mira+furlan+jewish&pg=PA403|title=Voices of Yugoslav Jewry|date=January 1999|publisher=SUNY Press |last=Gordiejew |first=Paul Benjamin |isbn=9780791440216|access-date=24 December 2010}}</ref><ref name="hillel">{{cite web|url=http://www.hillel.org/about/news/2006/apr/20060410_lost.htm|title="Lost" Actress Finds New Life in Hollywood|date=10 April 2006|publisher=[[Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life|Hillel]]|access-date=20 November 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120527003628/http://www.hillel.org/about/news/2006/apr/20060410_lost.htm|archive-date=27 May 2012|via=[[archive.today]]|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="jweekly">{{cite news|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/28570/celebrity-jews|title=Celebrity Jews|date=24 February 2006|publisher=[[J. The Jewish News of Northern California]]|access-date=13 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213055002/http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/28570/celebrity-jews/ |archive-date=13 February 2010 |via=[[Internet Archive]] |last=Bloom |first=Nate|newspaper=J }}</ref>

As a child, Furlan was obsessed with American [[rock and roll]] music.<ref name=Harris19921018 /> She became interested in acting as a teenager.<ref name=Harris19921018 />

Furlan graduated from the [[Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb|Academy for Dramatic Arts in Zagreb]] with [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] in theatre.<ref name="hillel"/> Simultaneously, she took language classes at the university's [[Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb|Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences]], becoming fluent in [[English language|English]], [[German language|German]], and [[French language|French]].<ref name=Harris19921018 />

==Career==
===Acting===
Furlan was a member of the [[Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb]]<ref name=Harris19921018 /> and frequently appeared in Yugoslav television and films.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001245/bio|title=Biography for Mira Furlan|work=Internet Movie Database|publisher=Amazon.com|access-date=20 November 2010}}</ref> She played Ankica Vidmar in the film ''[[When Father Was Away on Business]]'', which won the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[1985 Cannes Film Festival]] and was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]].<ref name=Harris19921018 /> In the late 1980s, she performed in theater productions in both [[Zagreb]] and [[Belgrade]].<ref name=Harris19921018 />

Furlan became a member of the [[Actors Studio]] in 1992 after moving to [[New York City]] to flee [[Yugoslav Wars|turmoil in Yugoslavia]].<ref name=Harris19921018>{{Cite news |title=Actress's only battle is for her art |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/106951129 |newspaper=[[The Indianapolis Star]] |date=18 October 1992 |access-date=19 March 2020 |last=Harris |first=Betsy |pages=A-1–A-2 |volume=90 |issue=135 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Later that year, her theater contacts in the U.S. helped her get the necessary work permits to perform with the [[Indiana Repertory Theatre]] as the lead role in ''[[Yerma]]''.<ref name=Harris19921018 />

She appeared on the stage in New York City and [[Los Angeles]]. She played the central ensemble role of Minbari Ambassador [[Delenn]] for all five seasons of ''[[Babylon 5]]'', and some of the associated TV movies. Between 2004 and 2010 she played the recurring role of [[Danielle Rousseau]] on ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]''. In 2009, she appeared on an episode of ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'', titled "South By Southwest".<ref name="imdb"/>

In 2002, she returned to Croatia after eleven years to take the lead role in [[Rade Šerbedžija]]'s Ulysses Theatre Company's production of [[Euripides]]' ''[[Medea (play)|Medea]]''.<ref name=Lilith20160912>{{cite web|title=The Unregretted Decisions of Actor Mira Furlan|url=https://www.lilith.org/blog/2016/09/the-unregretted-decisions-of-actor-mira-furlan/|website=[[Lilith (magazine)|Lilith]]|date=12 September 2016|access-date=9 November 2018|last=Baric|first=Stephanie}}</ref><ref name="imdb" />

===Singing===
In the 1980s, Furlan briefly appeared as singer for Le Cinema, a spin-off from the [[Rock music|rock]] band, [[Film (music group)|Film]].<ref name=Popboks20080304>{{Cite web |title=Mira Furlan na HRT-u posle 17 godina |url=http://www.popboks.com/article/16897 |website=Popboks |date=4 March 2008 |access-date=27 March 2020 |archive-date=2 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202113310/http://www.popboks.com/article/16897 |language=hr |trans-title=Mira Furlan on HRT after 17 years}}</ref> She was also featured as a vocalist on two tracks on the 1983 album, "Nevino srce" ("Innocent Heart") by Slovenian rock band, [[Buldožer]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Buldožer - Nevino Srce |date=1983 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1143239-Buldo%C5%BEer-Nevino-Srce |access-date=2023-11-02 |language=en}}</ref> In 1998, she released an album, ''Songs From Movies That Have Never Been Made''.<ref name=Popboks20080304 /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mira Furlan – Songs From Movies That Have Never Been Made |url=https://www.discogs.com/Mira-Furlan-Songs-From-Movies-That-Have-Never-Been-Made/release/5659582 |website=[[Discogs]] |year=1998 |access-date=19 March 2020}}</ref>

Furlan also sang in the band, The Be Five, which produced a single album in 1998, ''Trying to Forget''.

===Writing===
Furlan wrote the play ''Until Death Do Us Part'' ({{langx|hr|Dok nas smrt ne razdvoji}}), which is set in 1970s Zagreb.<ref name=botoks20181109>{{cite web|url=http://www.glas-slavonije.hr/215164/9/Nisam-prihvatila-botoks-i-slicne-akcije-ganjanja-vjecne-mladosti|title=Nisam prihvatila botoks i slične akcije ganjanja vječne mladosti|trans-title=I did not accept botox and similar actions of eternal youth|language=hr|website=[[Glas Slavonije]]|date=2 November 2013|access-date=9 November 2018|last=Persic|first=Vinko}}</ref> A collection of her columns in the now-defunct Croatian magazine ''[[Feral Tribune]]'' was published as the book ''Totalna rasprodaja'' in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vecernji.hr/kultura/mira-furlan-booksi-predstavlja-knjigu-totalna-rasprodaja-clanak-357777|title=Mira Furlan u Booksi predstavlja knjigu "Totalna rasprodaja"|language=hr|access-date=23 January 2012|date=19 December 2011|last=Derk|first=Denis|website=[[Večernji list]]|trans-title=Mira Furlan in Booksi presents the book "Total Sale"}}</ref> Furlan chose to write her autobiography in English: ''Love Me More than Anything in the World: Stories about Belonging''. The book is not only a self-portrait of the actress, but also a picture of the disintegration of the Yugoslavian country and its moral values.

==Personal life==
Furlan's husband was director [[Goran Gajić]],<ref name=Harris19921018 /> who is an ethnic [[Serbs|Serb]].<ref name="hillel"/><ref name="jweekly"/> He directed her in an episode of ''Babylon 5'' and in several plays, including a production of [[Sophocles]]' ''[[Antigone (Sophocles play)|Antigone]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-29-ca-51274-story.html|title="Antigone" Packs Contemporary Bite|first=Philip|last=Brandes|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=29 September 1995|access-date=25 July 2012}}</ref>

Furlan was active in the Yugoslav [[Feminism|feminist]] movement in the 1980s.<ref name=Lilith20160912 />

Twice a month during the late 1980s, Furlan made the three-hour commute between Zagreb and Belgrade, where her husband was based, to act in theater productions in both cities.<ref name=Harris19921018 /> After the [[Croatian War of Independence]] began in 1991, she was fired by the Croatian National Theater for refusing to quit acting in a Belgrade theater production.<ref name=Harris19921018 /> An ensuing public smear campaign turned her colleagues and friends against her as she received threatening messages on her [[answering machine]].<ref name=Harris19921018 /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-26|title=Oslobođenje - Koji je bio "grijeh" Mire Furlan? - Objavljeni feljtoni kojim su joj pedantno "izvadili utrobu": Težak život lake žene...|url=https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/magazin/zivot/koji-je-bio-grijeh-mire-frulan-objavljeni-feljtoni-kojim-su-joj-pedantno-izvadili-utrobu-tezak-zivot-lake-zene-624233|access-date=2021-01-28|website=www.oslobodjenje.ba|language=bs-ba}}</ref> Furlan wrote a public letter expressing her deep disappointment over the behaviour of her fellow citizens and colleagues and the threats of the [[Croatian nationalism|nationalists]] against her.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121211072054/http://finiteinfinity.org/old/babylon5/letter.htm Mira Furlan – A Letter to my Co-Citizens (Memento of 11 December 2012 in Internet Archive)]</ref> The couple left in November 1991, in the early days of the [[breakup of Yugoslavia]], emigrating to New York City.<ref name=Harris19921018 />

Furlan gave birth to the couple's only child, Marko Lav, in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Croatian actress Mira Furlan who appeared in Babylon 5 and Lost, dies at 65 |url=https://hr.n1info.com/english/news/croatian-actress-mira-furlan-who-appeared-in-of-babylon-5-and-lost-dies-at-65/ |website=[[N1 (TV channel)|N1]] |date=22 January 2021 |access-date=February 1, 2021 |last=Spaić-Kovačić |first=David}}</ref>

==Death==
Furlan died at her home in Los Angeles on January 20, 2021,<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 January 2021|title=Babylon 5 Star and Lost Actress Mira Furlan Passes Away|url=https://www.superherohype.com/tv/492010-babylon-5-star-mira-furlan-passes-away|access-date=22 January 2021|website=SuperHeroHype}}</ref> at the age of 65, having suffered from complications of [[West Nile fever]] in the time leading up to her death.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mira Furlan: Babylon 5 and Lost actress dies at 65|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55763658|date=22 January 2021|access-date=22 January 2021|publisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=22 January 2021|title=Umrla je velika glumica Mira Furlan|trans-title=The great actress Mira Furlan has died|url=https://hr.n1info.com/kultura/umrla-je-mira-furlan/|access-date=22 January 2021|website=N1 HR|language=hr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Stedman|first1=Alex|date=22 January 2021|title=Mira Furlan, 'Babylon 5' and 'Lost' Actress, Dies at 65|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mira-furlan-dead-babylon-5-lost-1234890117/|access-date=22 January 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> Upon her death, theater director [[Ivica Buljan]] of the Croatian National Theater issued an apology on behalf of the theater for their treatment of Furlan in the early 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=23 January 2021|title=Ravnatelj drame HNK ispričao se Miri Furlan: 'Osjećam sram jer je morala napustiti Zagreb'|trans-title=The director of the HNK drama apologized to Mira Furlan: 'I feel ashamed because she had to leave Zagreb'|url=https://www.vecernji.hr/showbiz/ravnatelj-drame-hnk-ispricao-se-miri-furlan-osjecam-sram-jer-je-morala-napustiti-zagreb-1463177|access-date=24 January 2021|website=Večernji list|language=hr}}</ref> A week later, Croatian weekly ''[[Globus (weekly)|Globus]]'' issued another apology for publishing three ''[[feuilleton]]s'' attacking the actress in 1992 that had an essential role in the public-smear campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2021-01-27|title=Zagrebački "Globus" izvinio se Miri Furlan|url=https://mondo.ba/Magazin/Kultura/a1019624/Zagebacki-Globus-izvinio-se-Miri-Furlan.html|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Mondo|language=bs}}</ref>

==Awards==
* 1982 [[Pula Film Festival]] Golden Arena award for [[Golden Arena for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] in the film ''[[Cyclops (1982 film)|Cyclops]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=29. Pulski Filmski Festival|website=[[Pula Film Festival]]|date=30 December 2015|access-date=9 November 2018|url=http://arhiv.pulafilmfestival.hr/29-pulski-filmski-festival/index.html|language=hr}}</ref>
* 1986 [[Pula Film Festival]] Golden Arena award for [[Golden Arena for Best Actress|Best Actress]] in ''[[The Beauty of Vice]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=33. Pulski Filmski Festival|date=30 December 2015|access-date=9 November 2018|website=[[Pula Film Festival]]|language=hr|url=http://arhiv.pulafilmfestival.hr/33-pulski-filmski-festival/index.html}}</ref>
* 1990 {{interlanguage link|Dubravko Dujšin Award|hr|Nagrada Dubravko Dujšin}}<ref name=Harris19921018 />
* 2013 Balkan New Film Festival Jury Award for Best Actress in ''[[The Abandoned (2010 film)|The Abandoned]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=BaNeFF 2013 Awards|url=http://baneff.com/2013/02/13/baneff-2013-awards/|website=Balkans New Film Festival|date=13 February 2013|access-date=9 November 2018}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | Ref
|-
| 1985
|''[[Horvatov izbor]]''
|Eva Horvatek
|
|<ref name=BFI/>
|-
| 1985
|''[[When Father Was Away on Business]]''
|Ankica Vidmar
|
|<ref name="TVG Filmography"/>
|-
| 1986
|data-sort-value="Beauty of Vice, The" | ''[[The Beauty of Vice]]''
|Jaglika
|
|<ref name="TVG Filmography"/>
|-
| 1988
|''Brothers by Mother''
|Vranka
|
|<ref name="TVG Filmography"/><ref name=BFI/>
|-
| 1988
|''El Camino del Sur''
|Bessi
|
|<ref name="TVG Filmography"/><ref name=BFI/>
|-
| 2008
|data-sort-value="Tour, The" | ''[[The Tour (film)|The Tour]]''
|Sonja
|
|<ref name="TVG Filmography"/>
|-
| 2010
|''[[Cirkus Columbia]]''
|Lucija
|
|<ref name=BFI>{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba4d73715|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814080438/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba4d73715|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 August 2019|title=Mira Furlan|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 2010
|data-sort-value="Abandoned, The" | ''[[The Abandoned (2010 film)|The Abandoned]]''
|Cica
|
|<ref>{{cite news|title=The Abandoned|url=https://variety.com/2010/film/reviews/the-abandoned-1117943168/|first=Alissa|last=Simon|date=15 July 2010|access-date=22 January 2021|magazine=Variety}}</ref>
|-
| 2013
|''[[Twice Born]]''
|Velida
|
|<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/mira_furlan|title=Mira Furlan|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="TVG Filmography">{{cite web|title=Mira Furlan List of Movies and TV Shows|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/mira-furlan/credits/3000010626/|website=TV Guide|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
|''[[With Mum]]''
|Jasna
|
|<ref>{{cite news|title=With Mom (Sa Mamom): Sarajevo Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/mom-sa-mamom-sarajevo-review-613552|first=Stephen|last=Dalton|date=23 August 2013|access-date=22 January 2021|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> 
|-
| 2020
|''Pred nama'' 
|Jovana
| Short
|
|-
| 2021
|''[[Burning at Both Ends (film)|Burning at Both Ends]]'' 
|Agnes
|Posthumous release
|
|-
| 2021
| ''SAVA''
| Sava (voice)
|
|
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Space Command Redemption]]''
| Vonn Odara
|
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ TV
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | Ref
|-
| 1990–1991
|''[[Bolji život]]''
|Finka Pašalić
|Guest: 8 episodes
|<ref name="BBC Serb">{{cite news|title=Preminula glumica Mira Furlan – 'heroina, krhka i snažna'|url=https://www.bbc.com/serbian/lat/balkan-55763052|date=22 January 2021|access-date=22 January 2021|publisher=BBC News |language=sr}}</ref>
|-
| 1993–1998
|''[[Babylon 5]]''
|[[Delenn]]
|Main role
|<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/>
|-
| 1997
|''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]''
|[[Silver Sable]]
|voice
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Mira Furlan death: Lost and Babylon 5 actor dies at 65|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/mira-furlan-death-lost-babylon-cause-b1791077.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/mira-furlan-death-lost-babylon-cause-b1791077.html |archive-date=15 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|first=Adam|last=White|date=22 January 2021|access-date=22 January 2021|newspaper=The Independent|location=London}}</ref>
|-
| 2004–2010
|''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]''
|[[Danielle Rousseau]]
|Recurring Role (Season 1–4)<br>Guest (Season 6): 22 episodes
|<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name="TVG Filmography"/>
|-
| 2008
|''[[Vratiće se rode]]''
|Jagoda
|Guest: 8 episodes
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vratice se rode (TV Series 2007–2008) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1043822/characters/nm0001245|publisher=IMDb |access-date=2021-01-26}}</ref>
|-
| 2009
|''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''
|Dina Risi
|"[[NCIS (season 6)#Episodes|South by Southwest]]", Season 6, Episode 17
|<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/>
|-
|2010
|''[[Najbolje godine]]''
|Violeta
|Guest (Season 2): 25 episodes
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Najbolje godine (TV Series 2009– ) |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1505260/characters/nm0001245 |publisher=IMDb |access-date=2021-01-26}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|''Vere i zavere''
|Lizaveta Rudić
|Main role: 12 episodes
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vere i zavere (TV Series 2016) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5044094/characters/nm0001245|publisher=IMDb |access-date=2021-01-26}}</ref>
|-
| 2016-2017
|''[[Just Add Magic (TV series)|Just Add Magic]]'' 
|The Traveller
|6 episodes
|<ref name="TVG Filmography"/> 
|-
| 2020
|''Just Add Magic: Mystery City'' 
|The Traveller
|"Just Add Volume"
| 
|-
| 2020
|''Space Command'' 
|Vonn Odara/Evelynn 'Vonn' Odara
|5 episodes
|
|-
| 2021
|''[[Arcane (TV Series)|Arcane]]'' 
|Babette
|voice, posthumous release
|
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Video Games
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2015
|''[[Payday 2]]''
|The Butcher<ref>{{cite news|title='PayDay 2: Crimewave Edition' release date for PS4, Xbox One next month|url=https://www.christiantoday.com/article/payday.2.crimewave.edition.to.be.released.for.ps4.xbox.one.in.june/53679.htm|first=Shiena|last=Bernardino|date=13 May 2015|access-date=22 January 2021|magazine=Variety}}</ref>
|Voice and likeness, also appeared in live action trailer 
|-
| 2020
|''[[Beyond Blue (video game)|Beyond Blue]]'' 
|Irina
|
|-
| 2020
|''[[Mafia: Definitive Edition]]'' 
|Additional Voices
|
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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